Earl Audet

Earl Audet
Audet in 1946
No. 27, 42, 98
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born(1921-05-14)May 14, 1921
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedDecember 18, 2002(2002-12-18) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight252 lb (114 kg)
Career information
CollegeGeorgetown
USC
NFL draft1944: 3rd round, 23rd overall pick
Career history
Career NFL/AAFC statistics
Games played51
Games started25
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Earle Toussaint Audet (May 14, 1921 – December 18, 2002) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, as well as the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He played college football at the University of Southern California, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity, and was drafted in the third round of the 1944 NFL draft.

As an actor, he played minor roles in Tahiti Honey (1943), Black Bart (1948) and All American (1953).[1]

His wife DeDe, a graduate of Venice High School and longtime community activist and volunteer, served on Venice Town Council in the 1960s and 1970s, as President of Venice Neighborhood Council after Earl's death before retiring in 2017 to move to Culver City.[2]

Audet was also an accomplished shot putter, winning the 1943 and 1944 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in that event.[3]

Early life and education

Audet was a member of the Marines during World War II.[4]

References

  1. ^ American Film Institute (1995). Munden, Kenneth White (ed.). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film beginnings, 1893–1910. Scarecrow Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780520215214 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Mayor selects former Venice Neighborhood Council president DeDe Audet as 'True Angel' | the Argonaut Newsweekly". Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Earl Audet at Track and Field Statistics
  4. ^ Lasher, George Starr (editor), "The Rattle of Theta Chi", volume 34, number 1, November 1945, p. 16.